Pan-African Women and Girls: 

Changing The Seasons Called Today and the Future

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October 2024 Hybrid Conference Outline

Bread for the World

425 Third Street SW, Suite 1S200, Washington, DC

Hotel Accommodations: e-mail awalker-smith@bread.org by October 25, 2024

Residence Inn Washington, DC National Mall

333 E St SW, Washington, DC 20024 (Next to Bread for the World)

SEE MORE HOTEL DETAILS BELOW

 

PAWEEN is not only working to change the future. We are called to prosper the lived experience of women in the right now. 

 

Prayer: Gracious and loving God, thank you for the women of PAWEEN who have dedicated themselves to the dignity of the human person, who are incarnating the truths of love, freedom, peace, hope, and koinonia; who have engaged the elements of the soul that are eternal: the life of the mind and the power of words and ideas to create and recreate, to shape and reshape reality.

 

O God, bless us to make a tangible impact in the lives of women and their families and communities. Grant us grace that we may boldly approach the future navigating the pull of vision and vocation with the valor to make the most of every opportunity in that season called today. Conference Concept Note:

 

Genesis 1:27 states: So God created humankind in God’s own image, in the image of God humankind was created; male and female God created them.

 

The divinity, dignity and rights of women and girls of Africa and African Descent invites a vision and agenda of wholistic healthcare, nutritious food, productive farming, zero hunger, access to land, equitable wages and education, development and policies, programs and practices of empowerment that come alongside their self-determined leadership for their lives and families.

 

Day 1: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Theme: Women’s Holistic Health and Human Rights

8:00 – 8:30 am | Registration & Breakfast
📍 Location: Marriott Residence around the Corner from Bread & Online

8:30 – 9:00 am | Prayer, Devotions, and Welcome

  • Welcome: Rev. Dr. Angelique Walker-Smith (Bread for the World)
    📍 Location:  Marriott Residence around the Corner from Bread & Online

9:00 – 9:50 am | Panel 1: A Vision of Holistic Women’s Health

  • Dr. Pauline Muchina (AdNA)
  • Response: Minister Ryan Lindsay Arrendell (Yale Divinity)
    📍 Location:  Marriott Residence around the Corner from Bread & Online

9:50 – 10:05 am | Q&A – Panel 1
📍 Location: Marriott Residence around the Corner from Bread & Online

10:05 – 10:20 am | Break

10:20 – 11:05 am | Panel 2: Women’s Health Justice & Biblical Narrative

  • Speaker: Rev. Dr. Dorothy BEA Akoto
    📍 Location:  Marriott Residence around the Corner from Bread & Online

11:05 – 11:25 am | Latina Sisters Sharing

  • Dr. Helosia Cannon (PAW/PAWEEN)
    📍 Location:  Marriott Residence around the Corner from Bread & Online

11:25 – 12:10 pm | Panel 3: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls

  • Ms. Ann Koi (All African Conference of Churches)
  • Ms. Emma Njiru (Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, Kenya)
    📍 Location:  Marriott Residence around the Corner from Bread & Online

12:10 – 12:30 pm | Q&A – Panel 3

  • Moderator: Rev. Dr. Beverly Goines (Georgetown University)
    📍 Location:  Marriott Residence around the Corner from Bread & Online

12:30 – 1:30 pm | Lunch & Networking

1:30 – 2:10 pm | Panel 4: Rewriting the Political Narrative on Women’s Leadership

  • Speakers: Dr. Emira Woods (Liberia), Dr. Fulata Moyo (Malawi), Ms. Eppie Marecheau (Caribbean)
    📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

2:20 – 2:40 pm | Q&A – Panel 4

2:40 – 2:50 pm | Advocacy Overview & Agenda

  • Mrs. Carmela McKeller-Smith (PAW/PAWEEN)
    📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

3:20 – 3:50 pm | Where We’ve Been in 2024

  • Speakers: Ms. Florence French Fagan, Dr. Christine Sequenzia, Ms. Abiola Afolayan
    📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

4:10 – 4:15 pm | Closing Prayer
📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

6:00 pm | Dinner & Informal Fellowship (In-person only)
📍 Location: TBD

Day 2: Thursday, October 31, 2024

Theme: Advocacy & Lobby Day – “Thursdays in Black”

8:00 – 8:10 am | Prayer & Devotion
📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

8:10 – 10:00 am | Regional Presentations & Paper Review

  • Facilitators: Mrs. Carmela McKeller-Smith, Ms. Abiola Afolayan, Florence Fagan, and others
    📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

10:00 – 10:15 am | Break

10:15 – 11:00 am | Panel: Nourish Our Future

  • Domestic and International Focus
    📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Advocacy Training for Capitol Hill Visits
📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

1:00 – 4:00 pm | In-Person Advocacy on Capitol Hill
📍 Location: Capitol Hill

6:00 – 8:30 pm | Celebration Dinner (In-person only)
📍 Location: TBD

Day 3: Friday, November 1, 2024

Theme: The Digital Divide, Artificial Intelligence, and Theological Education

8:00 – 8:10 am | Prayer & Devotion
📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

8:10 – 9:10 am |Book Club Launch: Postcolonial Imbusa

  • Speaker: Dr. Mutale Mulenga Kaunda
    📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

9:10 – 9:25 am | | Q&A – Book Presentation

9:25 – 9:35 am | Break

9:35 – 10:30 am |Panel 1: The Digital Divide & AI

  • Speaker: Dr. Naomi Jordan-Cook (Virtual Global Consultant Group)
    📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

10:30 – 10:45 am | Q&A – Panel 1

10:45 – 11:15 am | Value of Theological Education

  • Speaker: Rev. Dr. Beverly Goines (Georgetown University)
    📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

11:20 – 12:00 pm | PAW/PAWEEN Video & Closing Worship
📍 Location: Bread for the World & Online

Hotel Accommodations

📍 Residence Inn Washington, DC National Mall
333 E St SW, Washington, DC 20024

  • Rates:
    • Studio Suites: $239/night
    • One-Bedroom Suites: $269/night
  • Includes: Hot breakfast buffet
  • Parking: $53.10/night

Reserve by October 25, 2024
📧 Email: awalker-smith@bread.org